Senior Manager - HR at Nuvem Labs Pvt. Ltd. (2024-09 – 2025-11)
Heading the HR Department at Nuvem Labs Pvt. Ltd. for ~100 employees, driving strategic HR initiatives aligned with business objectives. Recognized for building scalable HR frameworks, elevating employee engagement, and partnering with leadership to enable sustainable organizational growth.
- Lead end-to-end HR strategy, operations, and compliance for the employees in the organization
- Design & implement HR policies, employee handbook, and SOPs across the employee lifecycle
- Own Talent Acquisition: manpower planning, JD creation, selection strategy, and onboarding
- Responsible for end to end recruitment (offshore/onsite) within the stipulated aggressive timelines and building the talent pipeline for the business to achieve the hiring targets for the LOB within the standard timelines at optimal price point
- Involved in Hiring process/policy formulation & creating best practices. Responsible for strategy, planning & budgeting for complete hiring process
- Managed the Recruitment in diverse countries i.e. India, Bangladesh and Middle East
- Plan the sourcing resources based on the business projection and review the same from time to time to ensure the internal resources are utilized and action for additional resources are taken timely in order to ensure the manpower plan is met as per the business need
- Participate in the Business review meeting for Recruitment planning and providing the action plans to meet the resource requirement
- Core competencies include talent acquisition, sourcing, counselling, and conversion. Mission is to place the right talent at the right place and at the right time, and to empower them to achieve their goals
- As a Technical Recruiter, expertise in outlining job requirements, developing sourcing tactics, scheduling and coordinating interview to hire top talents
- Formulating a strategic and systematic recruitment plan to the client's manpower requirements in a cost effective manner within a given timeframe and achieve targets set
- Strong experience in both Volume and Niche skill hiring as per business needs across various processes & multiple industries like IT and Non IT
- Rich exposure in sourcing methodologies framework using internet Methodology (Job portals, Boolean search, Social Networking sites like LinkedIn and employee referral)
- Preparing Monthly & Quarterly Recruitment Plan for Project-based & Skill-based recruitment and getting the buy-in from business
- Drive Performance Management: measurable KRA/KPI frameworks, balanced scorecard cascade, appraisal & promotion cycles
- Administer payroll, tax/statutory compliance, and benefits; partner with Finance for audits
- Deploy HR automation (HRIS, PMS dashboards, analytics reporting)
- Champion employee engagement, retention actions, grievance resolution, and disciplinary processes
- Advise leadership on workforce planning, capability building, and organizational design
- Employee Engagement: initiatives taken like Wellness programme arrangement (Yoga day, World environment day), festival and birthday celebration, Fun Friday activities on alternate Friday for refreshments
Lead, Talent Management & HR Operations at Willowood Chemicals Ltd. (2022-07 – 2023-06)
Led talent management and HR operations functions for the organization.
- Directed payroll, compliance, and HR operations ensuring audit-ready accuracy
- Responsible to head the Talent Acquisition Function with a team of 10 members. Responsible for end to end recruitment within the stipulated aggressive timelines
- Designing & Executing innovative Employee & Candidate Referral Programs
- Effective use of social networking resources (LinkedIn) to maintain and expand long-standing friendly business relationships with local technical, sales and management professionals
- Implemented HR ONE automation for performance management and data integrity
- Developed compensation structures, benchmarking, and payroll audit controls
- Led policy training and addressed employee relations & compliance issues
- Employee Engagement: Birthday celebration, Festival Celebration, Fun Friday Activities
Lead, Talent Management & HR Operations at RSH Global Pvt. Ltd. (2017-12 – 2022-06)
Led talent management and HR operations with focus on compensation, benefits, and recruitment strategy.
- Developed job banding, evaluation models, and competency frameworks
- Expertise in Sourcing and Screening Profiles from Various Job Portals as Naukri, FoundIT and Shine
- Managed compensation and benefits benchmarking, aligning salaries with market trends and internal frameworks
- Executed performance reviews, probation evaluations, and talent management activities
- Partnered with KSA and Indian teams to standardize HR policies and ensure compliance
- Oversaw HR operations, including payroll administration, HR budgeting, and grievance handling
- Enhanced employer branding through strategic management of company LinkedIn pages
- Having experience of collaborating with hiring managers to define job requirements, develop recruitment strategy, screen candidates, negotiate offers with candidates and create provisional offer letter
- Involved in Hiring process/policy formulation & creating best practices
- Implemented balanced scorecard-linked PMS with measurable KRAs/KPIs
- Drafted and rolled out corporate fundamentals (vision, mission, values) and HR manuals
- Led recruitment, induction programs, and ongoing talent development initiatives
- Employee Engagement: Birthday celebration, Festival Celebration, Fun Friday Activities
HR Consultant at Gray Matters Consulting Pvt. Ltd. (2013-12 – 2017-11)
Delivered HR consulting services across multiple clients with focus on OD, PMS, and competency mapping.
- Delivered OD, PMS, competency mapping & employer branding solutions across multiple clients
- Supported leadership surveys, HR audits & transformation for clients incl. Tata Metallics, Hindalco, Emami Group, UPS
HR & Admin Officer at Linc Pen & Plastics Ltd. (2007-06 – 2013-12)
Managed HR operations and administrative support for plant and office workforce.
- Managed HR operations, recruitment, payroll, compliance & admin support for plant & office workforce
- Introduced structured induction and policy-driven performance review processes
